Not so that of 14-year-old Mohammed Al-Gharani, nabbed in Pakistan. Two of the suspects have also been detained for possession of weapons. Detectives discovered Dillon and Keating had used EncroChat to discuss the transfer of a "viable firearm" - referring to a pistol and revolver - and conspired with Garforth over the supply of Class A and B drugs. Try for 30 days ( free of charge) the DigitalBank Vault SuperEncryption System . The UK has arrested more than 1,500 suspects since European detectives cracked an encrypted messaging service 10 months ago used by criminals to organise major drug smuggling operations and gangland hits. Jordan Hughes, 30, of Huyton, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to conspiring to supplying multi-kilos of heroin and cocaine. A drug dealer who used two EncroChat handles was brought to justice. He was jailed for 12 years. An EncroChat cocaine boss joked in texts about the hack that would later see him locked up. The organised crime group based in St Helens traded almost 50kg of amphetamine, but also flogged cocaine across the UK. Luxton, of Birch Avenue, Upton, was jailed for 16 years. The containers were located in Wouwse Plantage, south of Rotterdam, after French police cracked encrypted phones used by criminals. . Jordan Quinn, 31, of Valiant Close, West Derby, was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and ketamine and possession of criminal property. READ MORE: Taxi driver's secret life as 'NuttyLeopard' EncroChat drug dealer. Anthony Lenehan, 57 and of Scarisbrick Road in Walton, was jailed for drugs and passport offences. READ MORE: EncroChat dealers planned to flood Merseyside with Class A drugs. Daniels, who was arrested in November, admitted conspiracies to supply cocaine and convert criminal property. Amphetamine is commonly nicknamed speed, whizz and Billy Whizz - the latter after the famous character in the children's comic. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer nicknamed 'coastalsummer' tried to flee naked through window in raid, 31 David Pinnington - LoftyHail and 32. His Encrochat handle was AtomicMantis and he was the first to be convicted on Merseyside as part of Operation Venetic. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'LovelyGiant' used 'key worker' to ferry cocaine in lockdown. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The Wirral crook - who had contacts in Portugal, Spain and Germany - shared details about his birthday and the dates of his father's death and funeral. In another, they located pruning shears, scalpels and balaclavas. Paul Krusky played a crucial role in the development of encrypted phone firm EncroChat. Quinn used the EncroChat handle WiredFork. The 25-year-old, of Moss Way, Croxteth, sent text messages under the handle "LoadedSun" discussing the sale of 136,000 of cannabis. Threats detailed on the site included acid attacks and chopping off limbs. Skillen, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine and failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order, was jailed for 15 years. Since the first EncroChat related busts began in 2020, the UKs National Crime Agency (NCA) said police in Britain had so far arrested 2,864 people, prosecuted 1,571 and convicted 383with many receiving hefty sentences for large scale drug trafficking. Law enforcement agencies around the world have increasingly targeted the creators and administrators of encrypted phone companies. D.Wilkinson was handed a four years and eight sentence, while Aldred was jailed for two years and eight months. The 57-year-old had worked with others to order the massive haul, 8kgs of which was his. But it was EncroChat messages, recovered in April 2020, which gave officers the additional evidence to blow the lid on the network. 3) Tick as many boxes as you like, for each newsletter you want. READ MORE: Window cleaner became 'MajorFox' in EncroChat ring after business dried up, 50 - 51. The NCA and European partners shared data from the encrypted communication system EncroChat with the Met Police, which led them to make over 170 arrests and seize 13.4 million pounds in cash . He delivered at least 44 kilos of cocaine and stored hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash in his family home in Linkside Road. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply each of the drugs and was jailed for 16 years. READ MORE: Gang's 'eye watering' cocaine plot recorded on Excel spreadsheets. Harding, who used the handle "MagicCider", sold heroin, cocaine and cannabis worth around 1.5million through the encrypted phone network. Police arrested Yasin on New Year's Eve, and he and around 20 others are suspects in the case, with several believed to be linked to the criminal gang known as the Vrby Network. The 40-year-old, of Watergate Way, Woolton, acted as a gangland accountant and oversaw the counting or "flicking" of ill-gotten gains. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer boasted of 'mayday' airport smuggling scheme, 43. The 34-year-old kept his two EncroChat phones until March the following year, when police raided his house and exposed his multi-kilo cocaine business. Major crime figures were among over 800 Europe-wide arrests after messages on EncroChat were intercepted and decoded. The dealer, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, was jailed for 12 years after pleading guilty to four counts of supplying the drugs. Harding then used a new handle called "LesserHedge", to continue carrying out his criminal activity. David Blackburn - SuperBiking. But at least the CIA's mistakes were understandable in many cases. He supplied large quantities of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines around the country and was arrested in September last year. Philip Dearden, 31, of Kent Road, St Helens, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis. READ MORE: 'Bagbangboomboom' Encrochat dealer raided by police, 41. Thomas Brabbins, 28, of Cherry Tree Road, Huyton, David Pinnington, 39, (left), and David Blackburn, 29, (right), were jailed for their part in the drugs conspiracy, Kevin Daniels, 40, of Linkside Road, Woolton, Packages of cocaine and or cash ready for delivery by EncroChat drug dealer Kevin Daniels, Harrison Laite, 25, of Moss Way, Croxteth, Nathan Harding, 30, of Maud Street, Toxteth, Craig OHare, 33, of Fairfield Avenue, Roby, George Marsh, 33, of Park Road North in Birkenhead, George Marsh, from Birkenhead, was linked to an EncroChat account through this photograph, William Skillen, 35, of Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, Bradley Luxton, 34, of Birch Avenue, Upton, Bradley Luxton, an EncroChat boss, laughed about the hack that would land him in prison for 16 years, Mathew Badibanga, 34, of Manorwood Drive, Whiston, Sean Moore, 43, of Marley Close, Rainhill, A photo of a kilo of cocaine shared on EncroChat by Sean Moore, Michael Devine, 45 and of Pete Best Drive in West Derby, was sentenced to 17 years and three months for drugs offences. Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked. O'Hare was jailed for six and a half years. 26-year-old Michael Townsend of Grant Road, Huyton was sentenced to six years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court today, Tuesday 9 February. The above nine . Messages on EncroChat were said to link both men to the supply of multi-kilo amounts of the two Class A drugs and smaller amounts of Class B cannabis. Officers searched his home in St Ambrose Close, Anfield and found an EncroChat phone box, containing the password to the device, written on a piece of paper. Carl Stewart, 39, of Gem Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 13 years and six months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin, MDMA, ketamine and transferring criminal property. Investigators were able to access his contacts via an Encrochat phone. Daniel Wilson, 33, of Silverbeech Road, Wallasey, was sentenced to seven years and eight months after pleading guilty to supply cocaine, heroin and cannabis and conspiracy to convert criminal property in relation to the proceeds of his crimes. READ MORE: 27m drug boss caught fleeing to Spain in BMW with girlfriend after spending spree, 56 - 58: Alexander Keating - DullTuna and WealthyMace, Paul Dillon - WaspLawn, and Dylan Garforth - DiorIce. O'Hare, 33, of Fairfield Avenue, Roby, transported drugs for Harding and supplied up to three kilos of Class A drugs and 10 kilos of cannabis. Encrochat users don't use their real names, but false names, known as "handles". 2023 BBC. Signing up is free and it only takes a minute for you to get the biggest stories, sent straight to your inbox. Latest London news, business, sport, showbiz and entertainment from the London Evening Standard. Stephen Taylor, 33 years, of Norlands Park, Widnes, was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court for 12 years eight months for conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs and conspiracy to conceal criminal property. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer bragged he'd use cocaine and heroin to fund house extension, 42. Peter Heron was caught supplying cocaine and cannabis as part of the EncroChat hack. Liam Garvey, 28, was arrested at his home on The Boulevard, Thatto Heath, St Helens on May 13 this year as part of the police operation targeting criminals who used the encrypted network. The data from EncroChat has been a real boon to law enforcementorganized crime arrests in Germany soared by 17 percent following the police busts, and at least 2,800 people have been arrested . He was jailed for six years and eight months. Some of the evidence has been obtained by French police, who have intercepted many messages on the encrypted EncroChat programme used by criminal networks across the continent in recent months after breaching its . On the same day, David Blackburn, 29, was arrested at his home in Springvale Close, Kirkby after detectives linked him to a handle titled "SuperBiking". READ MORE: Dad moved 4.5m of cocaine and heroin for international drug lord. Dillon used the EncroChat codename "WaspLawn", while Keating used the handles "DullTuna" and "WealthyMace", and Garforth called himself "DiorIce". 1) Go to our dedicated newsletter page at this link. Jordan Talbot - LittleNev, James Ward - StableToast, and Jamie Carlton - StaleSloth. Drugs gang who went under the names of 'Golden Harbour', 'Butch Hippo' and 'Amused Penguin' on encrypted EncroChat network and sold at least 6kg of 'high quality' cocaine are jailed for 18 years Gangs are believed to have used the devices to plot attacks on rival groups, plan ways of enforcing drug debts and arrange for money to be laundered. They were caught after an 18-month investigation and were among the 250-plus arrests made in GMP's strand of the National Crime Agency's . More than two tonnes of drugs, several dozen guns and 54m in suspect cash . He used the Encrochat handles Scantbee and Sandferret. He was jailed for eight years and 10 months. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer 'Tamewelder' caught with ten kilos of cocaine and weed. North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) detectives launched an undercover surveillance operation in February 2020. READ MORE: EncroChat dealer's empire crushed after he told contacts when his birthday was. The 28-year-old, of Shayfield Road in Manchester, was sentenced to 16 years in prison. His Encrochat handle was Milliondolla. Mr Horne described it as a "command and control . Michael Townsend,26, of Grant Road, Huyton was sentenced to six years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday, February 9. Last month the CEO of a drug trafficking organisation known by his underworld alias Piet Costa, was jailed for 17 years for drug importation, money laundering and setting up torture chambers inside shipping containers found by Dutch police in July 2020. He also pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and cannabis. Police were able to prove he had supplied six kilos of cocaine and approximately four kilos of cannabis. After the brothers were arrested, the police conducted a number of searches. Police have arrested more than 700 suspects, seized 54m in cash and tonnes of drugs in the UK's "biggest and most significant" operation ever against organised crime.. Officials said . READ MORE: Encrochat dealer 'Magiccider' busted after posing for photo with cannabis, 37. Ahead of his big trip Talbot went on a two-week spending spree, buying himself more than 40,000 of Rolex watches. Arrested 133 people Charged 101 people Seized 4 loaded firearms and ammunition Seized 72 kgs of cocaine and heroine Seen 31 people convicted to a total of 366 years in prison 1.6M in cash And this is just the beginning, with more activity and arrests to come in the coming months. Michael Devine had shared details of his membership on the EncroChat encrypted messaging platform. Skillen, 35, of Long Lane, Orford, Warrington, was found to be an EncroChat user, using the handle "SavageArrow". Users of EncroChat were . Talbot, Carlton and Ward all admitted conspiring to supply Class A drugs and possessing criminal property. Earlier this month Paul Ks wife was also arrested, as were six other people suspected of being involved in the running of EncroChat, three in Spain and three in Dubai, the report adds. He was brought down by an investigation that led to police storming his home on Park Road North in Birkenhead, as well as two container units in the town, in June, when they seized a Rolex watch and 82,000 in cash. It was used primarily by organized crime members to plan criminal activities. Police intercepted millions of messages including that of one of the suspects, a 40-year-old man from The Hague. EncroChat, which has now been taken down, was based in France and had an estimated 60,000 subscribers. James Duckworth, 42, of Langdale Close, Kirkby, was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. They both supplied both Class A cocaine and Class B amphetamine. John, formerly of Manor Road in Prescot, was handed two and a half years for participating in the activities of an organised crime group. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images. The eight arrests are thought to be the first arrests of people involved in the setting up and running of EncroChat. READ MORE: Dealer 'Vilecrusher' told police: 'Anyone whos had those Encros is f***ing going'. The police have managed to establish the true identity of the users by analysing their individual messages and personal information. Lenehan had connections to Dubai and exchanged messages suggesting his influence may have stretched to India and Iran. For more news and features about London directly to your inbox sign up to our newsletter here. 10 The Salad Terrorist. Nathan Harding - MagicCider and LesserHedge and 36. The hacking of the network was compared to cracking the enigma code by Nikki Holland, then director of investigations at the NCA. Luxton dealt in various class A drugs and said he 'remained in the game' after 380,000 worth of drugs was stolen and he had to repay the debt to 'TopsKing'. Demand for ANOM from criminal groups also increased after European investigators announced the dismantlement of the EncroChat platform in July 2020. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Dillon and Keating also admitted conspiracy to transfer a firearm.. Keating was jailed for 22 years and five months; Dillon for 18 years; and Garforth for 15 years.